Collar support



April 255, 1932 n G. woRDlNGl-IAM Y 1,855,536

i COLLAR SUPPORT Filed oct. :5, 1928l Patented Apr. 26, l93

- vmsnm-'1D' wSTA-ras prreirri o 'l-l-ICE Gannon woiwnrengx, ormiwn'uxnn, wIscoNsm f I This invention relatestoapparel and more particularly to"a brace or support' adapted to be disposed within the neck vband of a shirt and support a soft collarl and prevent it from being crumpled when a number ofshirts are tied in a bundle.

. One object of the invention is to provide `a fdevice of this character formed of cardboard or other flexible material so that a normally at support 'may be bowed longitudinally when fitted into lace and retained fin its proper position by rictional bindin engagement with the collarband of the shirt.-

. Another object of the .invention is Ito so shape the support that when in use its intermediate portionwill extend downwardly under the front of a, shirt -below the collar band and very effectively support the forward portion of a soft collar attached to the shirtand prevent the collar from becoming crumpled when a number of shirts,y are bundled at a laundry for delivery to a customer.

The invention is illustrated panying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is 'a` perspective view looking at "the front `of a shirt and showing one ofthe improved collar supports in use;

Fig. 2 is afvie looking at the rear of a shirt with one of t e collar supports in place,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view`of the collar support as it appears beforebeing used, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the une 4 4 of Figure 1. I

The shirt, which is indicated in general by the numeral 1, is of a conventional construction and includes -a soft collar 2 which is attached to the shirt. The collar may be of any specic style desired, but in the present il lustration is formed with wings 3 at its front which extend downwardly in overlying rela-V tion'to the front of the shirt below the collar band thereof. It has been found that, when shirts having soft collars attached are bundled after being laundered, the collars often 14,5 become bentor crushed by the pressure excomme smear in the accom? Application med october s, was.` .serial No. 310.120.

erted when tying-,the bundle or by the pres-.w i

sure oflother bundles when stackedvupon'a shelfa'nd this isv particularly true if the collar is ofthe type illustrated which includes depending wings'at its front. 1

`In order to preventfthe collar, from beconi'- ing crumpled, I propose lto employ a support which is fitted into the collar band of the shirt and extends about the front of the collar with its intermediate portion extending downwardly withinthe shirt a sulicient distance to very effectively support the depending wings of a collar. This support, which is indicated in general by the numeral 4, consists ofa sheet of material having Sullicient ilexibilit'y to permit it to be bowed longitudinally but at the same time suilicient# lyv stiff to prevent it from easily bendingand cracking when in use. This sheet which is shown in Fig. 3 and-indicated by the numeral 5I is preferably formedof cardboardwhich is inexpensive and'is so cut that the grain of.

the cardboard extends 'longitudinally of the sheet ,`as indicated by the lines 6 in this figure. This sheet is substantially crescent shaped but instead of deining a true crescent the sheet has its end portions cut ofi', as shown at 7 so that when the device is in use its ends will extend Hush withthe upper edge of the side portions of a collarsinstead of projecting upwardly above the collar. Invview of the fact thatthe sheet is substantially crescent shaped, it increases inI depth from itsvends towards its intermediate portion and when thesupport is setin place as 4shown in 'Fig'."l, the deeper intermediate portion o f the support will project downwardly under the front of the shirt below the collar band and very effectively support the front portion and depending wings 3 of the collar. Therefore, the collar will-be provided with 'a firm tbacking' and will be prevented from beingv crushed or having its depending curled'joutwardly by pressure exerted when .ai numberof shirts are bundled.' It will be' noted that owing tothe depth lor width of the intermediate portion of the support, when said support is iexed and positioned within the neckband of a shirt, said intermediate portion thereof will be disposed at an inclination or angle of less than 45 from the plane of the bosom of the shirt with its lower front portion extending beneath the soft Wings or tips of the collar and beneath the bosom of the shirt, below the collar band, as best shown in Fig. 4; of the drawings, thereby not only retaining the colf ylar and bosom in shape but also forming a support forl the' shoft tips orwings of the collar and preventing said tips from wrinkling or curling when a number of said shirts are tied into a bundle.

Itwill further be noted that owing to the flexibility of the support and the angle or inclination thereof with respect to the bosom of the shirt, 'said support will tend to yield shirt and when it is released its end portions will spring apart. This causes the deviceto l fit snugly about the front portion of the neckbandand have frictional engagement therewith so that it will be held in place and prevented from lslipping upwardly out of its proper position. The intermediate portion of the support projects upwardly a short distance above the front of the collar and extends downwardly along the front of the shirt, and serves very effectively to support the collar and prevent it from being crumpled o r having its depending wings caused to curl Ybosomof the shirt with the lower front portion of the support extending beneath said bosom below the neckband of the shirt and substantially parallel to and beneath the tips of the wings `of the shoft collar thereby to form a support tor said wings and prevent curling of the tips thereof when several shirts are stacked one upon the other into a compact f bundle.

In testimony whereof I ax lilly signature.

GEORGE WORDINGHA [n s.]

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outwardlyand upwardly when a number ofshirts are bundled.

Having lthus described the invention, I claim:

A support for shirts having'soft-attached i l collars comprising a flat exible substantial- 1y crescent shaped' body portion having its lower edge arcuate continuously throughout its length and having a radius shorter than the radius of itspper edge to form a Iela-I tively wide intermediate portion between the upperand lower edges of the Supportat the center thereof, the upper edge of the support at the opposite ends thereof being inclined downwardly and intersecting the adjacent portion of the lower arcuate edge, whereby when the support is flexed and positioned in the neckband of a shirt, the intermediate portion of the support will be disposed at an angle of less than 45 from the. plane of the 

